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The NBA is on the verge of finalizing its new media rights deal. As a result, a total of $76 billion could be added to the league’s books over the next several years in a deal that involves ESPN, NBC, and Amazon. For weeks, the discussion surrounding the NBA’s new media deals has revolved around […]

Kyrie Irving endured plenty of low points during his time as a member of the Brooklyn Nets. His decision to join the the Nets in 2019 was met with celebration, but four years later, his mere presence gave the Nets franchise consternation. During the 2022-23 season, the Nets reached its last straw with Irving following […]

The Dallas Mavericks will face the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. We’re here to share our NBA Finals odds series and make a Derrick White points-per-game prediction and pick. White is back in the NBA Finals after he was part of the squad that lost to the Golden State Warriors two seasons ago. Now, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are amid an intense search for their next head coach after parting ways with Darvin Ham. Several suitors have a chance to land the job, including UConn head coach Dan Hurley and player-turned-analyst JJ Redick. However, reports indicate that Hurley has emerged as the lead candidate. As a result, one renowned […]

The Dallas Mavericks will be playing the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA Finals. If it wasn’t for P.J. Washington, Dallas probably wouldn’t have made it this far. Washington started his career with the Charlotte Hornets, but the Mavericks were able to acquire him at the NBA trade deadline. He immediately became a starter for […]

The Dallas Mavericks are set to begin their NBA Finals series against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving understandably receive no shortage of credit for leading Dallas to the NBA Finals, but Mavs legend Dirk Nowitzki understands how important the trades for PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford have been. “Well […]

On Thursday morning, a bombshell report came out that the Los Angeles Lakers are pulling out all the stops in their pursuit of UConn’s Dan Hurley to be the franchise’s next head coach. Hurley has been wildly successful in his six-year stint thus far in UConn; the Huskies have won the last two national championships […]

The NBA is closing in on a historic media rights deal, and it could have significant team-building implications for the Brooklyn Nets. Just days ahead of the 2024 NBA Finals, the league is nearing a contract with NBC, ESPN, and Amazon worth nearly $76 billion over 11 years, according to the Wall Street Journal. It […]

The Dallas Mavericks will face the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. We’re here to share our NBA Finals odds series and make a Jaylen Brown NBA Finals points-per-game prediction and pick while predicting what he will do. Brown is back in the NBA Finals after failing to capture the Larry O’Brien Championship two seasons […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ head coaching job is the highest profile vacancy in this offseason’s coaching carousel, and it looked as though the Lakers were well on their way to hiring JJ Redick away from the ESPN commentary booth to succeed Darvin Ham. However, in what seems like the 11th hour, the Lakers are reportedly […]

The Dallas Mavericks will face the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA Finals. We’re here to share our NBA Finals odds series, make an NBA Finals series prediction, and pick while discussing the showdown. The Mavericks overcame the Los Angeles Clippers in six games in the first round of the playoffs to start their journey. Then, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly making a huge move, leading lots of basketball fans to the same question: what does it mean for LeBron James? ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropped an early-morning W0j Bomb when he reported that the Lakers are preparing a huge offer to Dan Hurley, the head coach of the UConn men’s […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been looking long and hard for their next head coach after they fired Darvin Ham earlier this offseason. Recent reports seemed to indicate that JJ Redick was on his way to becoming Ham’s replacement, but in a shocking turn of events, it now appears that LA is gunning hard for […]

“We Want Boston!” are the chants that the Boston Celtics received heading into the NBA Finals. Other forms of vitriol were also hurled at the Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown-led squad. Some have said that their regular season did not matter while others have come to declare that their postseason run has been fraudulent due […]

Dirk Nowitzki and Shaquille O’Neal were one deal away from becoming teammates with the Dallas Mavericks in 2004, according to O’Neal. However, the potential deal maneuvered by then-Mavericks owner Mark Cuban hit a snag with the Los Angeles Lakers front office, then Shaq was later shipped to the Miami Heat, and the rest was history. […]

There are a lot of names being thrown out for the Los Angeles Lakers head coaching job. Recently, the front-runner has been JJ Redick. The former elite sharpshooter has been running a podcast with LeBron James while also doing some media work. Big issues have surfaced about his capability to coaching despite never having been […]

The 2024 season has been pivotal for the WNBA, as there seems to be more eyes attuned to the product than ever. Now, part of the increased attention the WNBA has been drawing is due to Caitlin Clark, the transcendent talent who makes many tune into their televisions just so they could witness her game-changing […]

James Harden will be turning 35 years of age in August, but he remains in search of his first championship in the NBA. Time is ticking on the Los Angeles Clippers guard’s career to the point where conversations about what kind of legacy he wants to leave when his career is over are ever pertinent. […]

For a second, it looked as though it was only a matter of time before the Los Angeles Lakers finalized the hiring of JJ Redick as the team’s next head coach. However, there have been some pushback on this purported inevitability. Even Redick himself has broken his silence regarding his reported standing as the frontrunner […]

The Indiana Pacers’ Pascal Siakam was one of the breakout stars of the 2024 NBA Playoffs, and now he has an important decision to make prior to the 2024 Olympics. The Douala, Cameroon born stretch forward could join his native country for a key date on the 2024 Summer Olympics calendar. Intel on Siakam’s potential […]

A key storyline in the NBA Finals is the return of Kyrie Irving and Kristaps Porzingis to their former teams. The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks have learned that they were better off without these two stars. So, they parted ways with them. Eventually, they ended up swapping places. The big man joined Jayson Tatum […]

The NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics is set to get underway on Thursday, and everyone is getting ready for the action. The official NBA Referees account on X shared a video on Wednesday highlighting Scott Foster, Marc Davis, Billy Kennedy, and others talking about getting the call up to officiate their […]

The Warriors’ Stephen Curry has been in the news this offseason for myriad reasons, not all of them positive. Many basketball analysts and former players have taken aim at Curry including Rasheed Wallace who said his 2004 Pistons would beat Curry’s championship teams, adding that Curry is ‘not a defender.’ Now, the man known as […]

Fit was a big reason why a lot of avid spectators did not think the Dallas Mavericks would be here. For one, Kyrie Irving was in search of a team where he could lead to glory as the number one option. Another concern was that Luka Doncic was also fairly ball-dominant. A missed postseason and […]

The Indiana Pacers have once again found glory. Despite being eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, there’s so much excitement that the future holds. They have a battle-tested veteran in Pascal Siakam and an elite star facilitator in Tyrese Haliburton. Coach Rick Carlisle also has guys like Andre Nembhard, TJ McConnell, […]

BOSTON, MA — For the most part, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is still seen as a member of the younger generation of NBA players. Despite being a five-time All-Star with seven regular seasons under his belt, Tatum hasn’t even turned 27. Yet, his postseason experience has helped him shed his “rookie” status. The St. […]

The NBA Draft is just a few weeks away, and it’s a big one for the Chicago Bulls. After another mediocre season, the pressure continues to mount for the front office in Chicago, and they don’t have the support of their fan base right now. The Bulls need to have a good offseason, and it […]

After another mediocre season, the future of Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan is up in the air a bit. However, while this doesn’t guarantee anything, a recent coaching move by the Bulls G League affiliate, the Windy City Bulls, might indicate how Chicago feels about Donovan. Billy Donovan III, the son of Billy Donovan, […]

The Dallas Mavericks will meet the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. We’re here to share our NBA Finals odds series and make a Jayson Tatum NBA Finals points per game prediction and pick. Tatum is looking to win his first NBA Championship and help the Celtics break their tie with the Lakers and win […]

A few months back, Jrue Holiday was already willing to call Wisconsin his home and play for the Milwaukee Bucks for the rest of his career. He had to be traded and found his way to the Boston Celtics. The fit he had with guys like Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, and Jaylen Brown allowed him […]

Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks are currently getting ready to take part in the upcoming NBA Finals vs the Boston Celtics, which are set to get underway with Game 1 on Thursday evening from the TD Garden. The Mavericks have gotten to this point by defeating three separate 50-plus win teams in their side […]

BOSTON, MA — Boston Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are no strangers to criticism. Although the former is leading his team in points, rebounds, and assists this postseason and the latter was the 2024 Eastern Conference Finals MVP, the discourse surrounding the dynamic duo is rarely that complimentary. Brown, who’s now a three-time […]

The Dallas Mavericks have one championship to their name. That moment came in 2011, when Dirk Nowitzki led this organization to a title over the Miami Heat. A chance for a second title is now on the line for the Mavericks. Only this time, Luka Doncic is leading the way for the Mavs in the […]

The NBA Draft is coming up in just a few weeks, and everyone is wondering what will happen with Bronny James. Bronny didn’t have a great season with USC basketball last year, but he decided to enter the NBA Draft. Bronny is obviously the son of LeBron James, and because of that, there is a […]

“Draft and stash” players rarely pan out. It’s not that there is something inherently flawed with players who prefer to continue playing elsewhere. It’s that most draft and stash guys aren’t top-flight prospects. And second-tier players from around the globe can make more money elsewhere if they fail to secure a guaranteed contract in the […]

It’s no secret that Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving is unstoppable with the ball in his hands. That’s why Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday is bracing himself for the NBA Finals, which start Thursday. Holiday had a one-word answer when asked what his plan was to stop Irving. Reporter: "What can you do to try […]

Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves are now officially (metaphorically–or maybe literally, who knows) in Cancun after losing to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. While that series was a major frustration for Timberwolves fans everywhere, it shouldn’t take away from what was overall an excellent season for the franchise, […]

NBA coaches have fielded questions from the media, from the mundane to the absurd, especially under the bright lights of the NBA Finals. For one moment in the pre-Game 1 media availability, Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla mustered to take a page out of Gregg Popovich’s book when responding to a question on his […]

There’s probably no player in the NBA right now that’s more polarizing than Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green. Green recently drew the ire of sports media host Skip Bayless who characterized Green as a dirty player. On a recent episode of Green’s podcast, ‘The Draymond Green Show,’ Green ripped into Bayless taking shots at […]